Loving The Light [Cosmos Series#4]

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Mirae rose as she faced me. Her dark eyes didn't faltered as she shamelessly scanned my body with a glint of insult and disgust in her eyes.

"It took you four years, huh?" It was her sarcastic start. She even tilted her head. "It took you four years to finally wrap Archer in your filthy fingers."

I frowned at her, hindi makuha ang sinasabi niya. I slightly shook my head but I didn't left her eyes. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"You bitch. Four years ago, you betrayed Cosmos. After four years, you know you can now manipulate Archer, that's why you came back, right? I wonder, ano kayang ginawa mo para mapasunod si Archer?" She stopped as she scanned my body once again as she continue.

"I already know what, you gave your body, right? You know Arch. You know your body is enough to manipulate him."

My lips parted at her words as I sarcastically heaved an audible breath. Her words sent dozen of fury in my body, not because of her insults for me but for Archer. What the fuck? Ganoon ba kababa ang tingin niya kay Archer?

I pressed my lips as I bit my tongue to stop myself from saying what I want to say but I failed miserably. "I'm not manipulating him like what you're implying." I stopped as I smirked at her. Tas noo kong hinabol ang mga mata niya. She's wearing heels, it made her taller than me.

"You're like that, manipulating someone to get your whims, that's why you thought of it, right?" Lalo akong napangisi nang bahagyang namilog ang mga mata niya ngunit agad na nakabawi.

"I heard Vynz Devaughne is your husband. Maybe you manipulated him. He loves you, so much and you pretend that you love him too so Devaughne won't compete with Cosmos, am I right?"

My cheek immediately stung like hell when her palm met my face. Pumaling ang aking pisngi ngunit hindi nawala ang ngisi sa aking mga labi.

"My husband doesn't have anything to do with your betrayal--"

"As well as Archer." I cutted her words. "How dare you insult him? He's your friend, damn you!" I can't help but curse her. "And I didn't betray Cosmos!"

She nodded sarcastically. "Really? After four long years, you think I'll believe you?"

"Then this talk is pointless," I said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Fuck you! You have the audacity to talk back to me when in fact you should be apologizing." Her dark eyes and pressed lips made her appear more monstrous, especially with her cold tone. But that didn't help to intimidate me. Her words tattooed on my mind, it keeps replaying yet I still can't believe she said those. And it made me continue.

"That's what I'm thinking. But after words about Archer came out of your mouth, I regret I didn't tell the world that you're the Universe," I muttered while directly looking at her eyes and without even batting an eye. "If I did..." I trailed off and smirked. "You should have been dead by now."

Saying the word 'dead' didn't affect Mirae. Her cold expression didn't falter at my words or maybe she's good at hiding her emotions. Hindi tulad ni Astrid, she's transparent. I can immediately read her emotions whenever I want.

She even smirked at me. "You know what, I want Archer to settle down to a woman he loves. But not..." She stopped and scanned my body from head to toe. Nang muling magtama ang aking mga mata ay lumaki ang ngisi niya sa kanyang mga labi. "Not to someone like you."

"You don't expect him to fall for someone who will defy you--"

I tightly shut my eyes closed when she immediately interfered, cutting my words.